(par 5.2.1.4.2) Wide Inequalities in People’s Well-Being Cast a Shadow On Sustained Human Development Progress
https://allafrica.com/stories/201809140452.html By United Nations Development Programme (New York) Schoolchildren in Botswana, which has jumped eight places up on the UN’s Human Development Index in the past five years. Girls can expect to stay in school for 12.8 years and boys 12.5 years in Botswana, while women can expect to live for an average of 70 years and men […]
(par 5.2.1.4.2) Results From a Population, Health, and Environment Project in Kenya
Saplings and Contraceptives: Results From a Population, Health, and Environment Project in Kenya http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2015/05/saplings-contraceptives-results-population-health-environment-project-kenya/ May 28, 2015 By Theresa Hoke East African countries like Kenya have made great strides in recent decades in increasing access to modern contraception, leading to marked declines in fertility rates. But disparities remain. The 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey showed that rural women have a […]
(par 5.2.1.4.2) Pierre François Verhulst
Pierre François Verhulst https://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/davis/375/LECTURES/L2/Verhulst.pdf Born: 28 Oct 1804 in Brussels, Belgium Died: 15 Feb 1849 in Brussels, Belgium Pierre Verhulst was educated in Brussels, then in 1822 he entered the University of Ghent. He received his doctoratein 1825 after only three years study and returned to Brussels. There he worked on the theory of numbers, and, […]